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vision reaches beyond to the multitude of other 

 animals saved from cruel death by disease, the case 

 appears in an entirely different light. What might 

 appear to our limited vision as cruelty becomes, 

 when seen in its wider bearing, an act of mercy. 



Many naturally sympathetic persons who have 

 little knowledge of how animal experimentation is 

 conducted have been led to oppose it by the mis- 

 representations and greatly exaggerated tales of 

 cruelties that are often circulated by those who 

 have allowed their fanaticism to overcome their 

 scruples. Most animal experimentation that is 

 now carried on is conducted in a humane manner, 

 the animals being given an anesthetic for all 

 operative procedures. And the men engaged in this 

 research, far from revelling in wanton cruelty as 

 they are sometimes accused of doing, are laboring, 

 as best they can, to check the suffering of animals 

 and men alike. I have been closely associated with 

 experimental laboratories for many years, but I 

 have never witnessed anything but the considerate 

 treatment of the rabbits, guinea pigs, or the occa- 

 sional stray dogs which are used for experimental 

 purposes. At times cruelties may occur, but they 

 are infinitesimal in amount as compared with what 

 is inflicted by hunters, trappers, and careless or 



